Walking doll



F. CRIEST.

WALKING DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED IuLYI4. I919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

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WALKING DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY14.1919.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

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ATTORNEYS FRAN cnIE's'r, or SHARPSVI-LLE, .PENIQISYLVANIA;

WALKING noLL.

To a l'l whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, FRANK Carrier,

ville, 'infthe county of Mercerand State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new Improved'lValking Doll, of which the follow: ing isaspecification;

My present invention has for its purpose to provide certain improvementsintoy figures having legportions and adapted, when base, embodies a newand novel arrangement the figure is: moved along the floor or otherbase,to assume the walking attitude andmy said invention moreparticularly has reference to that type of walking dolls disclosed in 7Patent No. 1,269,056 granted June 11, 1918.

Primarily, my invention has for its object to provide, a doll or otherfigure of the general character stated of a very simple and inexpensiveconstruction and in which the body and leg connections are-so designedand coiiperatively assembled whereby the doll, while in the-act ofwalking, will uhexpect edly kick-up;

.Another; object of my present invention is to provide in a walkingdoll, a body and two legs (the latter preferably fully jointed) soarranged that the body of the doll orother figure assumes a straight-uppost, when the doll :is at the sitting position.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my inventionembodies in a walking doll,the peculiar features of construction andarrangement of parts fully explained in the following detaileddescription, specifically pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a walking doll embodying mypresent invention, the same being shown in the kick-up position;

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic face view of the doll body, the same beingshown in the upri htor standing position; 7

- Fig, 3 is a front perspective view of the doll body, the same beingshown in'the act of causing the stiff leg to step forward.

Fig. 4 isa'similar view and it illustrates the jointed leg in a highkick-up position.

Fig. 5 is a. detail view, parts being in section that illustrates apreferred arrangement of the cross over devices that connect the leg.

Y jointed or kick-up leg with the other or stifi' i eiti- I zen of theUnited States, residing at Sharps- I e Specification-Letters Patent. 1Patented Feb, 3, 192( Application filed July 14, 1919. Serial No. 31o,5e4. i v i Fig. 6 is a view of a modified arrangement v of theaforesaid leg connections. I

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section onthe line Fig. 8 is'a diagrammatic sideview of the doll structure in the sitting position.

1 -My present invention, which particularly relates .to toy figures,dolls and the like,

adapted to assume awalking attitude when pulled or pushed along thefloor or other for allowing the doll to sit upright and with the legsbent tohang over the edge of the. chair, table or other' base'uponwhichthe doll may be seated, the body and legs are constructedandcombined in the manner best shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 8, by referenceto which it will be observed that the body portion 1, which in the leastexpensive construction of the doll outfit, is preferably a block of woodformed into the human bOClySllitPG and its upper or shoulder portionsadapted for receiving; a dolls head, in ractice, secured tothe body inany well known manner.

The arms 2 of the doll are pivotally connected to the shoulders, asshown, to provide for readily fitting the dolls dress or drapery ontothe body. I

In the construction of doll that is disclosed in my patentbeforereferred to, the legs are pivotally connected to the body or torso andthey are joined to a horizontally oscillatable rocker device thatcotiperates to impart the swinging or walking movements of the legs,

or other base.

In my present construction of walking v hinged connection .7 withtheup'p'eror 9.5 I asthe toyis pulled, or pushed aloi'igjthefioorfspindle-like extension 50, the said connection ilo I tions that join thebody 1 and the legs 3 and body is swung forward to carry providing for afree swinging of theleg 5 during the walking action. I

It will be noticed by referring to the drawings, that the leg 5 isconsiderably shorter than the other leg, whenthe doll is at the uprightposition and that the body of the-doll and the leg 3, hingedly suspendedmeans. that connect the legs 3 and 5 and presently explained, the leg 3to rise up,

simulating the usual leg action, when advancing a step. The means forutilizing the vertical movement of the body, with respect to the legs,may be made in various ways. In Figs. 1 to 5 and 7 I have shown apreferred way of arranging the leg connection and the same consistsof awire rod 8'secured to the extension or spindle portion of the leg 5. Y pThe rod extends laterally in the direction of the other leg 3 and thebody 1 is suitably hollowed to permit the body 1 to move verticallywhilemanipulatingthe doll, since the rod 8 remains in a fixed positionrelatively to the leg 5, when shifting the body to effect the walkingand kicking action of the toy.

' A flexible connection 13, which may be a wire, elastic or other cord,is fastened at the upper end to the rod 8 and has its lower end passingthrough a bore 10 in the bottom edge of the body, the said cord endpassing over the hinged joint or leg 3 and connects to an eye 11 securedto the said leg 3 just below its hinged joint.

Connectingfthe rod 8 to the portion 50 of the leg 5 and to the leg 3 inthe manner stated and shown, it follows that since the rod 8 remains ina relatively fixed position with respect to the leg 5, as the doll istilted to stand on the stiff leg 5 and a slight down ressure is appliedon the said body 1, as the Eody moves downwardly, the leg hinged theretoswings upwardly and simulates the act ofmaking a forward step.

Should a quick downward pressure be aplied to the body 1, the leg 3 willbe quickly swung to kick, see Fig. 1.

simulate the act of making a high After hav ng made the step with theleg 3, the doll is tilted in the other direction and using leg 3 as thenow stationary member and bending the body 1 slightly forward, the le 5will swing forwardly as a stiff leg.

dnstead of attaching the cross rod 8 to the end of the leg extension 50and having the said rod 8 located within the body 1,

the cross over connection'may be made as j shown in Fig. 6, by referenceto which it will be noticed the connectionthat joins the two legs 3 and5 consists of a stiff rod 12 attached 2 to the leg extension 50 justabove the hinged Jjoint and in transverse alinement with the eye, 11,when the doll is at the'standing or upright position, it beingunderstood that,

- in the last-stated connection, as the body'l is forced down, the rod12 acts as a fulcrum side and pressed down.

So that it will not 'blnd or'engage'the floor too much asthefbody 1isslightly forced down, the high 'kiekingle'g 3 is a little shorter thanthe leg 5,whe'n the two legs 7 are at theirifully extendedposition.

When the legs are fully jointed, as shown, v ,the knee joint of theshort leg portion 5 is located lower than the knee joint of the otherleg 3, so that the two knee joints will come togetherv as the extensionof leg 5is drawn into the bore 6, when the doll is placed into a sittingposition, and with the knees bent to permit the lower extremity of thelegs to hang over the edge of a table or other seat rest for the doll.

' To make the doll bodyassumea positively upright position when the dollsits down,

. the rear upper end of the leg member 5,

at its hinged connection, is inclined to constitute a solid fiat bearingsurfacela, which,

in connection with a heel portion 15-on the hinged end of the other leg3, provides for a solid bearing of the hip ends of the legs with thebody slightlyv tilted to one side. WVhile for reasons stated, thekicking leg is slightly shorter than the other leg 5, when the legs arefully'extended, itis not so short that the .doll will not stand up.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the complete construction, the manner of using it and the advantagesthereof will be readily apparent to any one. i i V My constructionespecially differs from walking dolls of the type shown in my patentbefore referred to in that instead of using rocker devices and the likeconnected with the two legs as one leg steps forward, the other iscaused, through the rocker de vices, to assume a step in the backwarddir'ection, in my present form of doll the hinged connections of' thetwo legs, one

fixedly connected to the body and the other 7 located entirely on theleg, and providing for sliding the body on the said other'leg, allowsfor a free individual swinging of the legs in walking, as the body ismanipu-v lated in the manner hereinbefore explained.

The toy afi'ords much amusement to children, particularly since movingthe doll. along in a walking action, for example by gripping the doll bythe shoulder or arm,

- having the extension, the said connection being at a point above thehinge that joins the extension and its corresponding leg, the other endof the said connection being flexibly joined with the other leg at apoint below its hinged joint.

2. A walking doll toy that includes a' body, a pair of legs, one ofwhich is hinged to the body to swing forward, the said other leg and itsextension having a hinged connection whereby the said other leg isadapted to swing forwardly, and means cooperative with the body and thetwo legs for causbody, a pair of ing the leg hinged to the body to kickup,

as the body slidably engages the extension of the other leg, the saidmeans including a cross member secured to the leg on which the body hasmovement, the said cross member flexibly connecting with the leghaving'the extension and above its hinged joint and with the leg that ishinged to the body at a point below its hinge, whereby as the body ismoved downwardly on one leg, the other leg will becaused to kick up.

3., In a walking toy, a body, a pair of legs carried by the body, oneleg including an extension telescopically engaging the body, thev otherleg having a hinged connection with the body, the leg thattelescopically engages the body including a hinged joint,

said joint being at a point normally below the hinged. connection forthe other leg,

and means cooperative with the hinged ends of the leg members foreffecting a solid bearing, when the legs are bent at substantially rightangles tothe body, when the toy is adjusted to a sitting position.

FRANK CBIEST.

